nothing
//ˈnʌθɪŋ//
Forms
- Plural
- nothings
Definitions
1.Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
- Knuckles: The Egg Carrier is nothing compared to this!
- Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths.
2.A nobody (insignificant person).
- I have nothing more to say.
- I have nothing better to do.
- Nothing is achieved without struggle.
3.A trivial remark especially in the term sweet nothings.
- I have nothing more to say.
- I have nothing better to do.
- Nothing is achieved without struggle.
1.Not any thing; no thing.
- Nothing bad will happen, will it?
- There remains nothing more to be done.
- Don't just say nothing. Tell me what's going on.
2.An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.
1.Completely unimportant.
- Dallas scored on what had seemed until then like a nothing play.
2.Lacking effort or commitment.
- The cricketer played a nothing shot.
1.Never mind; it's not important; forget what I said.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #246
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Very common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Common
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (“nothing”, literally “not any thing”), equivalent to no + thing.